Not Just An Organizer
As I talk to more and more people about my heart for technology, I am stuck to keep hearing the general assumption of mobile technology to just be an organizer. No, I am not speaking in the capacity of how my Treo has become my main computer, but how the conceptions that people have of mobile technology do just as much damage in limiting their effectiveness as ministry tools as the lack of training does towards applying the technology to our lives in a mannerr that pleases God and draws people to Him.
And so as I write this, I am being challenged now. Challenged to not just call my Treo a Palm Pilot and a phone and leave it at that. This smartphone is a key to ministry across borders. As I write this, I am reminded of the person who had 5 talents and made 5 more. He did not regard what was in his hands as all that there was, but he used [something that he was gifted with] to see more than what was there. I cannot sit here and just regard this as technology that is just an organizer. Or even as technology that is meant only for 1st world countries and peoples to take advantage of. I believe that Jesus made Himself accessible to all people, and this this technology should be used to demonstrate that fact to the ends of the earth.
So in effect, I am putting myself (and probably the entire team of Mobile Ministry Magazine) out there. We do not want to just be a resource point for you. We want to come alongside you and help you get to that paperless pulpit, get to that place where you have a computer lab for your youth group to minister to the community, that point where a missions team is not worried about communication with the home base because they know the nature of the tech of where they are doing missions and are able to skillfully use it to communicate as well as to build up a community to reach a point where they can be a blessing to other communities.
Let's break out of our perceptions of this tech for a bit longer than a moment and let's go glorify God by using it as a light and a resource to salt this earth. I personally want to visit every one of you that read MMM and explain to you the reasons for MMM as well as what you can do with what is in your hand to be a better minister with technology. If this is what you want, send us an email so that we can set up the date and time and any travel needs. This is not about just being organized for minisrry, but being equipped and encourged to go out and be the ministers that Jesus intended for us to be.
Apologies if this sounded like a rant, but in sitting before my bed tonight, this was on my heart to speak. I do hope that it finds the intended audiences and MMM is able to be of service to you. God bless to all.
- sent from Treo
As I talk to more and more people about my heart for technology, I am stuck to keep hearing the general assumption of mobile technology to just be an organizer. No, I am not speaking in the capacity of how my Treo has become my main computer, but how the conceptions that people have of mobile technology do just as much damage in limiting their effectiveness as ministry tools as the lack of training does towards applying the technology to our lives in a mannerr that pleases God and draws people to Him.And so as I write this, I am being challenged now. Challenged to not just call my Treo a Palm Pilot and a phone and leave it at that. This smartphone is a key to ministry across borders. As I write this, I am reminded of the person who had 5 talents and made 5 more. He did not regard what was in his hands as all that there was, but he used [something that he was gifted with] to see more than what was there. I cannot sit here and just regard this as technology that is just an organizer. Or even as technology that is meant only for 1st world countries and peoples to take advantage of. I believe that Jesus made Himself accessible to all people, and this this technology should be used to demonstrate that fact to the ends of the earth.
So in effect, I am putting myself (and probably the entire team of Mobile Ministry Magazine) out there. We do not want to just be a resource point for you. We want to come alongside you and help you get to that paperless pulpit, get to that place where you have a computer lab for your youth group to minister to the community, that point where a missions team is not worried about communication with the home base because they know the nature of the tech of where they are doing missions and are able to skillfully use it to communicate as well as to build up a community to reach a point where they can be a blessing to other communities.
Let's break out of our perceptions of this tech for a bit longer than a moment and let's go glorify God by using it as a light and a resource to salt this earth. I personally want to visit every one of you that read MMM and explain to you the reasons for MMM as well as what you can do with what is in your hand to be a better minister with technology. If this is what you want, send us an email so that we can set up the date and time and any travel needs. This is not about just being organized for minisrry, but being equipped and encourged to go out and be the ministers that Jesus intended for us to be.
Apologies if this sounded like a rant, but in sitting before my bed tonight, this was on my heart to speak. I do hope that it finds the intended audiences and MMM is able to be of service to you. God bless to all.
- sent from Treo
posted by Antoine @ 4/24/2006 12:29:00 AM
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